Gauri's eyes were shot open.... She was lying a plain white room... It took few seconds to realise it was a hospital room... But what is she doing there?? Then she remembered what happened.... She and Omkara were watching Dadi's masterpiece act when all of a sudden Ishana went unconscious... And then Omkara collapsed as well... And Before she could even process what was happening, she suddenly felt her body getting numb and then everything turned black....
"Monkey.... Where's... Where's Monkey... Where's he!!" Gauri got up with a jerk while calling out for Om...
"Piddi..." Gauri turned her head to the right only to see Omkara looking at her shockingly from another bed beside her...
"Finally you..." Omkara couldn't finish his sentence because with the speed of light, Gauri went to his bed and attacked him with questions...
"Hey... Are you ok??? What exactly happened??? Ishana did this??? How are you feeling now?? What happened to us???" She kept blabbering while touching his face and looking at him curiously... Checking if he was ok...
Om smiled at her... but it wasn't his usual smile... It was the nervous one.... That's the face he always makes when something unusual happens....
Gauri - Tu sach mein thik hai??? Daant kyu dikha raha hai...?? Aur tu aur main ek hi room mein kyu hai??? Hum dono ko exactly hua kya tha??
(You're really okay right??? Why are you displaying your teeth??? And why are we both in the same room?? What exactly happened to us??)
Omkara sighed instead of replying her.... She frowned at him because she didn't understand why he was behaving like this...
Gauri - What happened Monkey??? Why are you silent???
Omkara puts his one hand on her cheek and moved her head to the direction of the door.... To make her see what was there....
"Oh my... Mata..." Gauri immediately get off the bed... Her eyes almost came out of her socket as her eyes fell on the big trouble.... Correction... Big family...
The senior Oberois along with Dadi was standing there.... looking at Om and Gauri with their hands crossed over their chest... Gauri was so busy checking on Omkara, she didn't even notice that the Oberoi Battalion was just waiting for her....
Gauri was looking at them and then at Omkara repeatedly with a troubled look on her face... Until she heard Pinky commenting on her....
Pinky(to Jahnvi) - Oh my Mata Jethani ji... Yeh toh meri nakal utaar rahi hai... (To Gauri) Gauri... Tu mera mazaak uda rahi hai???
([To Janhvi]Oh my Mata Jethani ji... She's copying me.... [To Gauri] Gauri... Are you trying to mock me???)
Gauri - No no... P... pa... pppp.... Pinky Aunty... Um.... Woh... Actually....
Janhvi - lo... Now she's copying Omkara... He always stammers when he gets caught....
"No... I...." Gauri officially freaked out looking at her lovely Jahnvi Aunty and Pinky Aunty who suddenly transformed into one of those scary mother-in-laws from TV serials... Omkara got up and stood beside Gauri...
Om(whispering to Gauri) - calm down Piddi... Don't be scared... I'm here...
Gauri(whispered) - tu khud bhi toh dara hua hai...
(You are scared too... Aren't you??)
Om - I know... But I'm trying to deal with it...
Jahnvi - If you both are done with your bad discussion... sit down... We don't have whole day....
Om was about to say something but the way Jahnvi raised her brows looking at him... He had no choice to obey his mother silently...
Gauri and Omkara both sat like obedient kids besides each other on two chairs that were kept near their respective beds... Suddenly the hospital room turned into investigation room.... They so badly wanted their supporters but unfortunately, Shivaay Annika Rudra and Bhavya were nowhere to be found...
Tej - Omkara Singh Oberoi.... Care to explain what's happening.... Why the two of you put up the show of engagement and then asked your Dadi to act like that??
Jahnvi - aur tum dono ka.... Yeh jo tum dono ke beech hai... Kab se chal raha hai??
(And you both... The things between you two... Just when did it all started???)
Shakti - humse chhupane ki kya zarurat thi??? Hum toh pehle se razi the.... Infact jab humne chaar saal pehle tum dono ko is rishte ke baare mein puchhna chaha toh tum dono kutte Billi ki tarah ladne lage....
(And why did you kept it a secret from us??? We ourselves wanted this from years.... Infact when we asked you both about this 4 years back... You started fighting like a pair of cat and dog....)
Om and Gauri looked at each other in guilt... They still remember how they were fighting because their parents thought they are in love with each other....
Flashback (Part - 12)
Gauri - Tej uncle... Papa yeh sab jhooth hai... aap khud hi sochiye... Main isse thodi shaadi karungi???
(Tej Uncle... Papa... It's not true... just think once... Why on earth I will marry him???)
Om(with a frown) - Kya matlab hai tera ki main isse shaadi nahi kar sakti?? Tu koi London ki maharani hai kya??
(What do you mean by "Why on earth I will marry him???" What do you think of yourself huhh??? Queen Elizabeth??? )
Gauri - meri kismat itni kharaab nahi hai.. ki tujhe saari zindagi jhelna pade...
(I am not so unlucky that I have to tolerate you for the rest of my life.)
Om(sarcastically) - haa haa.... Jaise ki main toh mar Raha hoon tujhse shaadi karne ke liye...
(Yeah... As if I m dying to marry you...)
Flashback ends....
Pinki - Sab ke saamne jhooth mooth ka jhagda karte rahe taake kisi ko pata na chale...
(You pretended to fight infront of us... So you can keep your relationship secret...)
Om - Chhoti maa it's not like that....
Tej - then how it is Om??? Explain... Your Dadi have already told us about your plans to cancel your engagement with Ishana... If you both love each other... What is that girl doing here???
Omkara looked at his father in utter guilt... Then his gaze fell on Dadi who was looking at both of them in full pity... Dadi told them everything she knows... Well... She didn't know about the underworld connection of Ishana thankfully...
Om - umm... Dad... I... I can explain
"Are you sure???" He saw Shivaay entered the room along with Annika, Rudra and Bhavya... Now what's with that angry look Shivaay was giving...
Om - Shivaay???
Shiv - Are you sure you both can explain everything... 😒
Gauri(whispered to Om) - Monkey... I've got a strong feeling... They all are mad at us...
"Eh?? But why..." Om replied to Gauri... And the next moment, Omkara's eyes fell on Bhavya and in an instant, he knew why Shivaay was angry...
Om (to Bhavya) - Bhavya??? Did you???
Bhav(in guilt) - I'm so sorry Om... I failed you.... When you both fainted... I really freaked out... And eventually your (eyeing at Rudra) Younger brother caught me... I had no other choice...
Ru - thank you for the compliment...
Bhav - I am not complimenting you...!!! You manipulator....
Ru - Manipulator??!!! Me....??!! Who told you to hide things from me???
Bhav - I did what I thought is right....
Ru - you could have just tell us....
Shiv - offo be quiet... Rudra.... Bhavya... stop fighting already...
During all the ruckus.... Annika kept staring at Gauri with a frown upon her face....
Gauri thought to break the ice...
Gauri - Di.... I'm sorry...
Anni - how could you do this Gauri???
Gauri - di... I just didn't want you to stress over me...
Anni - how could I not??? You're my sister silly!! I will worry about you till the day I die... You can't change it by hiding things from me like that....
Annika was really hurt... And Gauri knew she was guilty... It doesn't matter if she didn't want to hurt her... Eventually she did make Annika worry and thus hurt her feelings....
Gauri - I'm sorry.... I'm really sorry... But it's.... (Looking at Om) it's all his fault...
Omkara looked at her in Disbelief... Is she really trying to do what he thinks she's trying to do??? She was trying to put all the blames on him... Making herself innocent as a newborn... But wasn't this whole Engagement plot was drawn by herself...
"excuse me????!!! My fault???" Omkara asked standing on his feet...
"it's all your fault.... You are the one who was hiding all of this in the first place...." Gauri stood up too...
Om - Ok fine... Shivaay, Rudra and Annika bhabhi should be mad at me for hiding about Ishana... But what about my Mom, Dad... And dadi... Chote papa... Choti maa... They are angry because of you...
Gauri - me...???!!! What did I do???!!!
Om(imitating Gauri) - hum Naa kisi ko apne rishte ke baare mein nahi batayenge... isko secret rakkhenge... Isme kick hai....
(We won't tell anyone about our relationship okay??? We'll keep it a secret... There's a kick in it)
Gauri slapped Omkara on the shoulder...
"Ouch!!! Stop hitting me!!!" Omkara was rubbing his shoulder with a frown on his face....
Gauri - it's an award for your ridiculous acting...!!! Aise teri woh NRI chipkali baat karti hogi.... Main aise baat nahi karti...
(It's an award for your ridiculous acting...!!! This is how your NRI Lizard might behave... I don't talk like that....)
Om - tu aise hi baat karti hai...
(You do talk like that)
Gauri - No I don't...
Om - yes you do....
Gauri - No I don't...
Om - yes you do....
Gauri - no...
Om - yes...
Gauri - no...
Om - yes...
"Shut up!!!!" Tej shouted.... Om and Gauri stopped blabbering...
Tej - what's with you two??? Mauka milta nahi ki shuru ho jate ho....
(What's with you two??? Only need one chance to start a fight...)
Jahnvi - And Gauri... You hit him... Right infront of me😳
Om - yes mom... didn't I told you time to time.... She's a high level bully...
Gauri - look at your size before saying something like this you Giraffe!!!
Jahnvi - arey....
Om - pehle tu jaanwar decide kar le... Monkey ya Giraffe...
(First of all... Decide the Animal... Is it monkey or giraffe??)
Gauri(to Om) - tujh mein toh mujhe poora jungle dikh jata hai
(I can see the whole jungle in you)
Om - Haa... Tu khud bhi toh Zoo jaisi hai naa...
(Yeah... Because you are like Zoo yourself... Aren't you???)
Gauri - how dare you call me Zoo!!!
Om - how dare you call me jungle???!!!
"Enough!!!" This time it was Shivaay...
Here, he thought he would scold them for hiding their problems... And look at them... Fighting with each other like nobody's business....
Shiv - Jeez... stop it already... It's a hospital not a fish market... May be you guys aren't really sick but there are other patients...
It strikes them when Shivaay mentioned it.... how did they really ended up here??? They should have figured it out instead of arguing... Gauri and Omkara mentally slapped themselves... It was just natural for them to caught up with an argument out of the blue... But their situation right now was a bit different...
"Sorry...." both said looking at each other... everyone else couldn't help but to adore them... How simple it was for them... No matter how much blabbering they did before or what Animal name they call each other with... It only took one second to keep aside all that and patch up.... Indeed... Their bond was something so different...
Jahnvi (whispered to Tej) - how cute...
"Ssshhhh... They will hear you... " Tej whispered with a smile....
Om - so... Can you guys tell us why we both along with Ishana are admitted here??? How did the three of us collapsed???
Pinky cleared her throat to gain Omkara's attention....
Pinky - it was my idea...
Gauri - Pinky Aunty??? You did all this???
Pinky - all this??? No no... We all just wanted to stop this Engagement... So we spiked up Ishana's food... We don't know what happened to you and Om... Why would we do such things to our children...
Om - then how??
Rudra suddenly popped up before them out of nowhere....
Ru - *Ahem ahem* So... You see... I...
Om - don't tell me... You did this???😒
Bhav - How could he?? I was watching over him the whole time...
Ru - actually... I did something before the function started....
Gauri - Rudra??? What exactly did you do??
Rudra helplessly looked at both of them....
Ru - I was trying to find out If O was serious about this Engagement or not... So I.... (Looking at Gauri) I just... I just....
Gauri - you just what Rudra???
"I just... Give you something you're allergic to okay... I'm sorry... but I was positive O would run to your aid immediately... But he was down even before you..." Rudra confessed closing his eyes...
Om - Rudra... You.... You gave her peanuts???😲
Gauri - Idiot... Tere jaisa dost ho toh dushman kisey chahiye???🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
(Idiot... Who need enemies when I have a friend like you🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️)
Ru - Sorry naa... 😔😔😔
Om - then how did I???
Ru - I don't know anything about it...
Om - I don't remember anything suspicious....
Omkara was recalling what things he took from who during that function... And suddenly he found the culprit...
Gauri - what happened??? You remember who did this to you???
Om(in frustration) - I do... 😡😡😡
Tej - who???
"An old headache 🤦🏻♂️" Om replied...
Gauri - Hain???
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Ishana woke up with a heavy headache... She was in another room.... The thing that the elders gave her to prevent the Engagement wasn't anything harmful... It just kept her asleep for the time being...
"you woke up... I was waiting for you...." She heard a male voice... It was Kabir sitting beside her....
Ish - Kabir??? what are you doing here??? Where's Om??? And what about others???
Kabir - Omkara toh....
Kabir remembered what Shivaay told him to do...
"I've told the doctor to give her some extra dosage of sedatives... More or less... She's not waking up soon... But still... You should watch over her... Once she wakes up... Message me.... And don't let her leave that room at any cost...."
This is what Shivaay told him.... But wait a minute... How's he supposed to message Shivaay... His phone was left in the Oberoi mansion during the commotion... Great... now he have to handle her... He didn't want her to find out that Om and Gauri are having an intense conversation with the rest of their family... Well they are basically getting some earful... How much time it can cause anyway....
Ish - Where's he??
Kabir - he's in another room... resting...
Ish - What??!! What happened to him???
Kabir(in mind) - Huh??? Oh... Yeah... She was already lying on floor when my medicine took effect on Kara... (Says) don't panic... actually... Right after you... He and Gauri both collapsed as well... So...
"Gauri???" Ishana asked narrowing her eyes at Kabir....
Kabir (in mind) - Why is she looking at me like that??? Was I not supposed to tell that Gauri fell unconscious too???
Ish - Gauri is here too???
Kabir - yeah... Something strange happened... All three of you went unconscious at the same time... It was so strange... The whole family was in panic... So we all rushed in to the hospital... Shivaay thinks it could be the sworn enemies of Oberois...
"So I'm right.... someone did attacked us.... But I don't think they hold a grudge against Oberois... They might be one of my enemies... Seeking for revenge... But they....(gritting her teeth) dared to hurt Om... I will... I will send them through the gates of hell by myself" Ishana was supposed to say all this within her mind... But because she just woke up, it came out infront of Kabir who couldn't help but gulp down in fear...
He could literally feel some demonic aura around her... Could anyone blame him if he was anxious about her terrific expressions... Afterall it was his deed which made Omkara loose his consciousness... What is she going to do if she finds it out??
Kabir(clearing his throat) - Ish... Ishana... You... You okay??? You sound a little different...
Ishana's face softened in one second to Kabir's surprise... As if she sealed the demon inside of her immediately.. Now she was again in her harmless kitten appearance....
Ish - Really?? I guess I don't like the smell of hospital that's why...😄
Kabir thought he must inform Shivaay before she comes back to her original form....
Kabir - you stay here... I'll call the doctor...
Kabir stood up and was about to go when suddenly....
Ish - wait a minute Kabir....
Kabir - what is it???
Ish - no need to call the doctor... I'm ok... Besides I wanted to ask you something...
Kabir(in mind) - Oh Crap...!!! Now what? (Says) yeah... Tell me😅
Ish - Do you like Gauri???
Kabir - hain???
Ish - I mean... Do you have feelings for her???
Kabir (anxiously) - Feelings??? For Gauri.... *Remembering a certain someone*
"Anything happens to her and you're dead"
"Hahaha... She's not my type" Kabir said while smiling nervously...
Ish - Really???
Kabir - yeah... I mean... We are friends.... but not more than that...
Ish - so must know everything about her...
"Obviously... I know everything about her" Although he lied but his confidence was at its peak... Like what could she hardly ask him about Gauri anyway...
Ish - So you must know about her ex-boyfriend too...
"Obviously... " Kabir stopped the moment he realise what he blabbered... Shit... He doesn't know where to stop...
Ish - Really...??!!! Wow.... So Tell me... I want to know everything....
Kabir (in mind) - Kabir you idiot... Why you can't control your tongue???!!! Man!!! Kara is going to kill me...
Ish - you okay???
Kabir - yeah... *Cough cough* I'm okay...
Ish - you know about them don't you??? Please tell me how is he
Kabir(in mind) - kaha phans gaya main??? Ek toh phone pata nahi kyu Oberoi mansion chhod aaya... Isey yaha akela chhod bhi nahi sakta... Kahi baahar nikal gayi toh lene ke dene pad jayenge... Damn!
(What on earth I'm going to do?? God knows why I left my phone in the Oberoi mansion... I can't even leave her alone... If she goes out of this room then it will be such a pain... Damn!!)
Ish - Um... Are you not going to tell?? Then I should go and see Om...
Saying this, she tried to get up...
Kabir - No... Wait... I'll tell you everything I know....
Kabir stopped her... It would be bothersome to let her leave... So he had to stop her...
Ishana smiled weirdly making him more nervous... Kabir was bad in making stories... But fortunately he did know something about Gauri's so called ex-boyfriend... he would tell her about him without mentioning his name... That would kill the time as well...
Kabir - A friend of mine was Gauri's ex-boyfriend's classmate... He saw Gauri and her boyfriend there for the first time....
Kabir was recalling the time back then... The time when the young boy Omkara raged all over him because of his little enemy...
FLASHBACK (SCHOOL ERA)
Omkara(13 years) was a studious and perhaps a serious boy... unlike his brothers... He wasn't fond of people around him... It was always about his brothers... and his one and only friend Kabir Juneja.... Om was cool headed and nobody ever saw him loosing his calm... Untill a certain little girl along with his younger brother Rudra joined the 6th standard in the same school....
During recess... Omkara went to see his brother who joined the very school... It was Rudra's first day and he wanted to see him... He along with Kabir entered the classroom of 6th standard section A only to get welcomed by a frowning little girl....
"What are you doing here??? It's my classroom... You are not welcome here!!" The little girl shouted at the young Omkara....
"Oye... I've nothing to do with you... I came here to see Rudra... Not his tail...." Omkara replied... It was the first time Kabir saw Omkara reacting like this... He was so indifferent to everyone in the class... Always studying... What's with this girl???
"You dare to call me his tail again!!! You Stupid monkey!!!" The girl shouted....
"Don't call me Monkey.... You Piddi the mice!!!" Omkara shouted....
"Stop it....!!!!" Rudra came in between... "Gauri... Please calm down... It's our first day... Do you want teacher to scold us...?? O... You too... Please..."
Little Kabir was curious to know who was that girl... How is she able to make Omkara... The cool cucumber boy of the school into a dragon who can breathe fire....
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"That girl is your enemy???" Kabir was shocked as Omkara answered his questions while going back from school... Omkara told him that the little girl was their neighbour, Rudra's bestfriend and a pocket size demon....
In that moment... Young Kabir decided something... His friend's enemy is going to be his enemy... And he will teach that girl a lesson on behalf of Omkara....
After few days... Kabir tried a prank on Gauri... The little girl was new to the school and Kabir took advantage of it...
"You did what??!!!!" Omkara roared holding his collar when Kabir told him that he tricked his little enemy and locked her up in an empty class room....
It was after school hours so naturally no one knew about it....
Without wasting a second, Omkara went to her rescue... She was unconsciously lying on the floor... Kabir did pushed her into the room before locking it up... But he didn't realise that she accidentally hit her head and was unconscious....
That day... Omkara left with Gauri without even looking at Kabir for once.... But the next day... When little Kabir went to say sorry to Gauri after the school... His dear friend Omkara was standing between him and her... He told his baby brother to take Gauri and go... And when Kabir tried to stop her... He felt the rage of Omkara for the first time... The 13 years old calm kid pushed his only friend to the ground... And with extreme anger... He told him to stay away from that little girl....
"You tried to hurt her again... And I swear I won't leave you this time!!!"
Kabir was shocked... But soon... His senses were took over by anger too...
"You hit your friend because of that girl???!!! Didn't you say she was your enemy.... Then why??!!!!" Kabir asked standing on his feet....
"Exactly... Whatever she is to me... You have no right to hurt her.... Enemy... Or not... I won't tolerate her getting hurt at any cost.... Understood!!!!"
That was the last time Kabir saw his friend Kara before leaving mumbai... His parents got divorced and after that, he changed to his mother's surname Mittal.... That was the reason Omkara didn't recognise him at first glance....
Ish - So you didn't see him yourself??
Kabir - no... I know the guy who was beaten up by Gauri's ex-boyfriend...😅😅😅😅😅
Ish - He sounds like a cool guy... I wonder why did they broke up... I mean... I'm really fond of childhood love stories....
Kabir (in mind) - it's because of you...
"Hey... You woke up..." Kabir sighed in relief to see Shivaay and Annika entering the room... Thank God... He was saved at last...
Shiv - we'll give you company Ishana... Doctor is coming shortly... After he examines you... We can go home...
Ishana nodded with a smile...
Anni - Kabir... Someone wants to meet you... He's waiting outside...
Kabir - me??? Who???
Shiv - An old headache...
Ish - headache???
Kabir - 😳
Shiv - 😅
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Next day....
Omkara barged into Ishana's room where she was talking to someone over the phone... He was burning with anger...
"Hey Om..." Before Ishana could react... He held her tightly by shoulders and asked with rage....
"Where is she???!!!!" His red eyes were the sign that he was hardly trying not to strangle her...
His grip was tight... But Ishana's face didn't show any signs of pain... She smiled like an innocent child and said...
"Did you really think you can make a fool out of me???"
"Where is she Ishana??? Just tell me...!!!" Omkara lashed out again...
"Well... She is alive... And unscratched.... How do I put this... Yeah... Marry me like a good boy and I won't kill her...." Ishana finally revealed her evil smirk before giving off her condition to Omkara...
Omkara left his hold on her and took few steps backwards... He was shocked... His greatest fear came to life.... Piddi was in danger....
How's he going to save her???
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